to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
family; members of a family
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
large number (of); many; majority
reopening; resumption; restarting
to stretch (unbend) oneself
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
extreme masochist; very masochistic
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
relation; connection; relevance
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
after a long time; for the first time in a while
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
full of things one could poke fun at; full of inconsistencies; absolutely ridiculous